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The seven farms Rebecca Keoghan has responsibility for vary in size: the largest run about 1200 cows each on 490ha platforms and produce up to 400,000kgMS...

A world expert on the sheep milking industry says UK farmers would be envious of the level of research being done in New Zealand into sheep milking.

More than 130 of Australasia's leading agribusiness professionals will visit two farms in Pirinoa, South Wairarapa, next week.

Deer milking, manuka honey, sheep milking and blueberries are among Landcorp's options for land it had planned to convert to dairy farms.

Shanghai Pengxin recently showed off its upgrade of the former Crafar farms it bought in the central North Island in 2012.

A new training facility for aspiring dairy farmers and herd and farm managers in the central North Island has its first intake of students.

State farmer Landcorp is to revise its land-use programme at Wairakei Estate near Taupo.

In a move that illustrates the current parlous state of the dairy industry, the country's biggest farmer is pulling out of dairy and moving into sheep milking.

Landcorp will conclude its sharemilking contract with Shanghai Pengxin Group at the end of May 2017.

Landcorp will not renew its sharemilking contract with Shanghai Pengxin Group (SPG) when it concludes at the end of May 2017.